Karnevál a hálón. Trollkodás egy sok játékos részvételén alapuló online szerepjáték világában
Carnival on the Net. Trolling in the World of a Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game
Author(s): Áron BakosSubject(s): Sociology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: MMORPG; netnography; trolling; carnival; laughing
Summary/Abstract: Trolling is a notable aspect of computer-mediated communication and online gamer culture. The results of the paper are based on a netnographic research of a community of gamers that primarily play together the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, World of Warcraft. The following paper attempts to comprehend the emerging cultural phenomenon of trolling and other non-goal oriented actions in the context of the game, construing it as a carnivalesque and performative element of contemporary online culture.
Journal: Erdélyi Múzeum
- Issue Year: LXXVIII/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 153-165
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Hungarian